It's windy and cold in Davis... time for hearty stews... and of course no measurements here... that's how I roll. I cooked chickpeas, pearl barley, and cubed beef in a base consisting of tomatoes, chicken broth, ginger & garlic paste. I used whatever spices...

I followed baking bites recipe to make a really good sugar cookie tart crust....cooled it and layered it with raspberry preserve... just enough to help cement berries to the crust.... then topped with fresh raspberries. only the crust is baked, allowing...

Carrots- slice thin, saute in oil with ginger, cumin powder, onion powder, a little sugar. cook further down in a little bit of stock... add salt and plenty of chopped dill. no good if cooked down to mush, must retain it's crunch. adapted from canyon ranch...

after hosting the awesome grease and bubbles night.. aka british night with fried fish, potato chips, champagne and peep show... i was left with a fridgeful of leftovers. somewhere in there was some fish that had miraculously escaped being fried... how...

it's wonderful having friends who are passionate about food, understand and indulge you when you crave a specific something... and that's why i must thank ms.skavhaug for indulging my craving for sticky toffee pudding on a busy weekday night and mr.harlow...

when i'm famished and couldn't be bothered to mess with the micro setting on my camera...i make this ridiculous chicken curry....this is really for those days when i'm craving a home-made meal..the real deal but with minimum sweat... puree all of the following...

a savory and comforting soup. chop up an onion and 1/2 a fennel bulb and sautee in some butter. if you dont have fennel bulbs you could add 2 tsps of fennel seeds to the onion-butter mix. add 2 tbsps of flour to the mix and when the flour smells raw no...

quinoa was cooked following the tomato rice recipe. i added 1/2 a cup of cooked field peas to make the dish heartier. perfect for a cold fall day. you can serve this with all kinds of greens, vegetables or meats. i kept it simple with a spritz of lemon....

By Josh Gibson on Vimeo teaser for a documentary promoting sahaya....i can't wait for the full movie to be out and for the word to spread about this lovely organization doing so much to help bright little kids all over the world. watch this in the meantime......

all this xacuti talk had me wanting some for myself..you do need quite a few ingredients but it's so good and so easy to make. great for a bleak rainy wintry california evening. I made a curry instead of anandi's incredibly yummy looking fried version....

adapted from a recipe published in "sweet heat" by melissa stock & dave dewitt, published by ten speed press in 1996. habañ ero peppers with their slow lingering heat are apparently perfect for creamy sweet desserts... here their heat develops slow on the...